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trossachs
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 Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:33 am Post subject: same box showing different timezones in maillog |
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For some reason whenever I sent mail to other people externally, the time was always some hours out of sync. I have since changed the link at /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Greenwich as I am based in London.
When I now look in my maillogs, I see two different sets of date showing:
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Apr 4 19:28:41 gandalf postfix/qmgr[965]: 75FF747DC4: from=<users-return-39929-jmf=cybertre
x.co.uk@httpd.apache.org>, size=4892, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Apr 5 01:28:41 gandalf spamd[1056]: connection from 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1] at port 49424
Apr 5 01:28:41 gandalf spamd[1891]: info: setuid to jmf succeeded
Apr 5 01:28:41 gandalf spamd[1891]: processing message <000001c41aa4$52c3f830$3a5afea9@DELL
530> for jmf:1000.
Apr 5 01:28:42 gandalf postfix/smtpd[1885]: disconnect from daedalus.apache.org[208.185.179
.12]
Apr 5 01:28:47 gandalf spamd[1891]: clean message (-4.9/4.5) for jmf:1000 in 5.2 seconds, 4
997 bytes.
Apr 5 01:28:47 gandalf postfix/local[1887]: 75FF747DC4: to=<jmf@cybertrex.co.uk>, relay=loc
al, delay=7, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail)
Apr 4 19:28:47 gandalf postfix/qmgr[965]: 75FF747DC4: removed
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You will see references to both April 4 and 5. Does anyone know how I can "restart" local time to take account of the fact that I have changed the link to Greenwich?
The error I get in Postfix is:
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/var/spool/postfix/etc/localtime and /etc/localtime differ
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But I do not know how to restart the localtime service so that the systems defaults to GMT.
I have copied the link from /etc/localtime to /var/spool/postfix/etc and performed a full stop start of PF but no change. It would appear that the parts of the maillog which show mail leaving and entering the system will reflect the correct time:
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Apr 5 01:53:17 gandalf postfix/smtpd[2378]: 980F947DD0: client=gandalf.cybertrex.co.uk[10.2
2.18.105]
Apr 5 01:53:17 gandalf postfix/cleanup[2381]: 980F947DD0: message-id=<ef1386e0bf17d871dd146
ca815539e83@the4.co.uk>
Apr 5 01:53:18 gandalf postfix/qmgr[2364]: 980F947DD0: from=<jmf@cybertrex.co.uk>, size=105
4, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Apr 5 01:53:18 gandalf postfix/smtpd[2378]: disconnect from gandalf.cybertrex.co.uk[10.22.1
8.105]
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But the other parts of the maillog which show the IMAP client sessions logging in and out will show yesterdays date:
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Apr 4 19:53:18 gandalf imapd: LOGOUT, user=jmf, ip=[::ffff:10.22.18.105], headers=0, body=0
Apr 4 19:53:18 gandalf imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:10.22.18.105]
Apr 4 19:53:18 gandalf imapd: LOGIN, user=jmf, ip=[::ffff:10.22.18.105], protocol=IMAP
Apr 4 19:53:19 gandalf imapd: LOGOUT, user=jmf, ip=[::ffff:10.22.18.105], headers=786, body
=1119
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Any ideas?
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adaptr
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:48 am Post subject: |
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There's no such thing as a localtime service; it's just a bunch of symlinks to the correct timezone.
Symlink the postfix localtime to the same one as /etc/localtime (don't symlink them to each other!) and RESTART all systems.
IMAP is, obviously, another daemon altogether so it will not reflect the changes when you restart postfix - it has nothing to do with postfix.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I must apologize for the unnecessary post. You are quite correct, I should have simply pointed the postfix localtime to the same place as /etc/localtime. thx. All sorted now. |
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So why was it unnecessary if it solved your problem ?
That's exactly what we're here for!
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